Assessment and Intervention for Oropharyngeal Dysphagia - Agenda

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Agenda

 

Day 1

 

Day 2

 09:00 Introduction, objectives and definitions

- Dysphagia
- Functional components of swallowing
    i. Oral bolus control and transport
    ii. Airway protection
    iii. Pharyngeal transport and clearance
- Consequences of swallowing impairment.

09:30 Introduction to Case Scenarios for the Workshop

- Clinical signs and symptoms
- Tools and protocols for clinical/bedside swallowing assessment
- Customizing clinical/bedside swallowing assessment

10:30 Morning break

10:45 What Comes after the Clinical/Bedside Swallowing Assessment?

- Management based on clinical assessment
- Evidence for compensatory interventions

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 Planning Videofluoroscopy

- Standardization as a goal
- Technical considerations
- Protocol considerations

14:00 Rating Videofluoroscopy

- Initial review of videofluoroscopy recordings for case scenarios

14:30 Afternoon break

14:45 Expectations of Swallowing Physiology

- Literature review on physiological signs associated with aspiration
- Literature review of physiological signs associated with inefficiency
- Discussion of physiological versus functional measures

16:00 Questions & Answers

16:30 Adjourn for the day

 

 09:00 Rating Videofluoroscopy (continued)

- Training your eyes to a standard
- Review of healthy examples of 5 cc thin liquid swallows

09:30 Detailed Analysis of Swallowing Physiology

Participants will review examples of different degrees of impairment and complete a worksheet guiding them through comprehensive analysis of cases.

- Event sequencing
- Timing and durational measures

10:30 Detailed Analysis of Swallowing Physiology (continued)

- Structural measures (hyoid and laryngeal displacement, pharyngeal shortening and constriction, UES opening)

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 Synthesizing Measures of Swallowing Physiology to Understand Function

    i. Oral bolus control and transport
    ii. Airway protection
    iii. Pharyngeal transport and clearance

14:00 Treatment Planning from Videofluoroscopy

- Evidence for rehabilitative interventions targeting bolus control

14:30 Afternoon break

14:45 Treatment Planning from Videofluoroscopy (continued)

- Evidence for rehabilitative interventions targeting airway protection
- Evidence for rehabilitative interventions targeting pharyngeal transport and clearance

16:00 Questions & Answers

16:30 Wrap-up
 


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